Decorate for a Natural Swedish Christmas

A Swedish Christmas savours natural smells, soft materials, mood lighting and lots of greenery. Here’s a selection of ways to bring nature into your home this Christmas, the Swedish way! (And a couple of Danish ones too for good measure).

I love the rise in botanical influences year on year, and no less so than in the pre-Christmas build up. From new interpretations of the traditional Christmas wreath to using candles, leather, foliage, wood, and natural materials, we’ve got you covered!

If you’ve followed Chalk & Moss for a while, you’ll know how important biophilic design is to our wellbeing. If you’re not familiar with biophilic design, this is the practise of incorporating nature into our interior and exterior spaces, to safeguard our wellbeing, creativity and productivity. To find out more, have a look at the Chalk & Moss biophilic design page and this blog post on how to use biophilic design in your home.

Danish and Swedish Christmas Wreaths

Why save the wreath for the front door? If you’re running short on surface and wall space, hang it from the ceiling! There are so many wonderful materials you can play with. Leather, pine and eucalyptus make a fantastic combination, particularly with candles.

Leather, eucaluptus and pine are a beautifully natural combination, as seen in this hanging advent wreath.Image credit: madogbolig.dk

Candles bring a magical quality to Christmas, particularly when combined with greenery in a wreath.Photo credit: Lisanne-van-de-Klift

For more asymmetrical wreath inspiration, I really recommend this MyParadissi blog post covering 16 of the prettiest asymmetrical wreaths.

The Swedish Christmas Table

Bring natural greenery to your dinner table this Christmas. This table setting is like made for an intimate evening with loved ones. Image credit: rawpixel.com

The Danes make wonderful Christmas advent candle wreaths for the table. Experiment with different foliage and colours. Image credit: madogbolig.dk

A Swedish advent candle interpretation. We light one candle every Sunday in December up until Christmas (which we celebrate on Christmas Eve). Normally the advent candle has one candle holder for four candles, but of course, have fun and make your own! These mugs come from Design House Stockholm. Image credit: Trendenser.se

And finally, don’t forget to go outdoors this Christmas!

With all the hustle and bustle of getting things ready for Christmas, don’t forget to head into the woods to enjoy the seasonal smells. We love cooking outdoors all year long. It’s so special building a log fire and cooking on it directly. The Swedish Log, also known as the Swedish Candle or Swedish Torch, is a fun way to create a cooking source that’s quick to cook on, lasts for hours and looks beautiful long into the evening. See how to make one yourself here on freshoffthegrid.com.

Wrap up warm as if it was a true Swedish Christmas

To up the hygge factor, you’ll also want to wrap up with some cosy blankets, drink from your favourite mug and place candles around your house. So have a look at some of these cosy items from the Chalk & Moss shop to complete the Swedish Christmas feel. Here are a few items to get you in that inclusive Scandinavian spirit.

This refreshing Vitamin Sea vegan handmade soap bar is crafted in the UK by Join. It is a triple milled blend of natural seaweed and shea butter. The invigorating seaweed has a fresh, salty fragrance and the 100% vegetable based shea butter leaves skin feeling moisturised. A substantial 200g bar wrapped in a minimal, monochrome recycled design, this soap is the perfect sustainable product for your kitchen sink or bathroom.

Ekin towels from Luks Linen, with a soft, tactile weave. These pesthtemal towels were traditionally used in the Turkish hammam. They’re also great used as a throw, sarong, picnic blanket and tablecloth. The peshtemals come in a range of styles, colours and weaves.

About Chalk & Moss

The online homeware shop and blog Chalk & Moss is inspired by the ideas of Biophilic Design: our need to connect with nature for our wellbeing.
We sell simple, functional and stylish products in natural materials; from sustainable kitchen cloths to ceramics, home textiles and handmade furniture.
Picked by Elle Decoration as one of the UK’s best online shops.

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